Improved oabtmdge-box



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Be it known that I, JOHN ELBERTSON, of Kirksville, in the county-ofAdair, and State of- Missouri, have yinvented a new andimprovedGartridge-Box and I do hereby declare that .thev following is afull, clear, and

exact description of the construction and operation of 'thoisame',reference being had to the annexed drawings, makinga part of thisspecification, in which-` g My inventionis represented by a perspectiveView, a portion of the near wall of the box being. removed in order toshow its interior. v l i In this invention the cartridges are arrangedina circular disk, which is hung at its contre upon a spindle in acircular case. The latter is 4provided with a door at its lower edge, bywhich the cartridges are taken out. The disk carries. thepercussion-caps also, which are taken out througha port in the upperside of the case. The disk and case are so constructed and arranged thatthe cartridges andcaps will always present themselves at theproper'placc to be handled.

In the drawings, A represents the circular case, having a door, B, onits front side, nea'r the lower edge, and another,.0, on its'rim,'at tbetop. This case forips -the body of the cartridge-box, being supported onthe person ,bymeans ot a belt, which passes -undrand partially aroundit, through the eyes'or clasps a a. Inside of this casevis a circulardisk, E, revolving freely ou a'pin orbolt, E', which passes through itscentre, and "provided with lateral chambers or ,recesses e e, 'to holdthe cartridges, and with split studs or nipples nn around its perimeter,to hold the percussion-caps, the object of the split in the nipplesbeing 'to allow their side'to spread apart, and thus more securely connetho caps, and prevent their falling c'. The inner walls of the case maybe lined with a'nnel or other suitable substance, te protect thecartridges and 'caps fromaccidental firing. The walls of the disk mayalso be covered with tho same'niaterial, if thought necessary. Theapertures B and C may be covered with a single ilap of leather,l or withany kind ofdoor that may be preferred. The case lmay be constructed ofsheet metal, or of wood.

The operation of a cartridge-box thu's constructed will be as follows: svsoon as a cartridgen isremoved, that side of the disk will becomelighter than the other sides, and will rise to the top of thecase,pres.enting the opposite edge of the. disk, full of cartridges, tothe door B, so that when the soldier next handles his cartridges he willn'd them in theproper'position at thodoor of the casc,and ready for use.He will not, therefore, be-obligod to spend time in examining hiscartridge-box to find the cartridges,but willl always place his thumband fingers at one point in the box, and, so long'as there arecartridges left, will find them at that point.

Having thus described my invention, what I. claim as new, and desireto'secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The self-adjusting disk E, for holding the cartridges or caps, whenused in combination with an enclosingf l case, substantially as andforthe purpose specied.

2. I claim the split nipples n n, having theirsides springing slightlyapart, for the purpose of holding the caps, in the manner described. l n

To the above specification of my invention I have signed any hand, this25th day of February, 1868.

'JOHN ELBERTSON,"

Witnesses S. C. Kamm, Cass. A. lPm'nr.

